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Map, and chart, uncoloured engraving, Map of the District
of the Lakes and Courses of the Whitehaven Steam Packets,
scale about 14 miles to 1inch, by W Gaythorp, Whitehaven,
engraved by Cruchley, Ludgate Street, London, published by W
White and Co, 44 Hunslet Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1829.
The steam packet routes go to Liverpool, Douglas, Ramsey,
Wigtown, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries.
Tipped in opp.p.275 in the History, Directory, and Gazetteer
of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, by William
Parson and William White, accompanied by text, pp.275-276:-
"WHITEHAVEN STEAM PACKETS. / Few places have reaped greater
advantages from the facilities afforded by Steam Navigation
than Whitehaven: until its introduction the man of business
was occupied two entire days, at a heavy expence, in
travelling by the stage coaches from Whitehaven to
Liverpool; whereas by steam, he now goes on board the packet
in the evening, where he can, in moderate weather, sleep as
comfortably as in his own bed, and be landed at Liverpool in
the morning, ready to proceed to his business, paying only
15s. for the accommodation. - To Dumfries, and the other
towns on the Scotch coast, the journey by land occupies from
one and a half to two days, which by steam is performed in
three to five hours. For these admirable arrangements, so
conducive to the covenience and advantage of the public,
much credit is due to the managers of the Steam Company, who
have liberally furnished us with the annexed map, to which
we beg to refer our readers, as a neat and comprehensive
delineation of the District of the Lakes in Cumberland and
Westmorland, and of the courses of the Whitehaven Steam
Packets. Any one casting his eye over the map at once sees
and comprehends the course, of the Vessels connected with
Whitehaven, and perceives at a single view the relative
situation of the chief stations in the Lake district, the
heights of the principal mountains, and the distances of the
the towns from Whitehaven and from each other. Such a map is
invaluable to the traveller in that neighbourhood, and
should be the inseparable companion of every tourist. It is
printed by the company on cards, having on the reverse
announcements of the times of sailing to various places, and
several very useful remarks, most of which we give below or
at page 276. The cards"
"are to be had at the different steam boat offices, of the
guides among the Lakes, or at the booksellers' shops in the
two Counties. Since page 276 was printed off, the St. Andrew
proceeds every Monday to Dumfries instead of Annan, so that
she now goes to the former port every Monday and Thursday
weekly, and will continue to do so for the summer months. -
We copy the following from the cards referred to:- / THE
ISLE OF MAN ... / DUBLIN ... / SCOTLAND ... / WHITEHAVEN -
is only ten miles distant from the Lakes, and is the most
convenient port from which to set out on a tour through that
beautiful and romantic district. A hasty glance of the
picturesque scenery of this part of England may be taken in
the course of a week; and on returning to Whitehaven the
Tourist may obtain steam conveyances to Douglas and Dublin
every thursday evening; to Dumfries every Monday and
Thursday morning, returning the same days; to Liverpool by
the Countess of Lonsdale every Monday and Thursday, whence
she returns every Sunday and Wednesday morning; and to
Wigtown and Kirkcudbright every alternate Wednesday,
returning the same day. - Coaches daily to all parts of the
Kingdom; those to Kendal, and to Northumberland by Penrith,
and the fine new roads by Alston, pass through the centre of
the Lake District."
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